“Do you have any questions for us?”
Whether I’m the interviewee or an interviewer, I find this section of a job interview one of the most interesting and telling moments.
Category: Work
How to get results in the ultimate agile environment
How lessons from how Formula 1 teams are managed could apply to other businesses.
How Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman has supported my career
Last week I attended the Public Sector Design Community Meet-up. Attendees were invited to share a book, podcast or talk that has influenced or supported their career.
How I learnt to embrace handwriting, sketching and sticking stuff on walls
Working on walls is an unbeatable way to create ideas as well as communicating them. But I learnt that lesson the hard way.
Why I value working in user experience in higher education
The University of Edinburgh is currently recruiting for four UX-related roles. I’m passing on the message because it’s an exciting time to be pushing forward with UX work at the university.
Why I wouldn’t reduce the length of my commute
We often think of commuting as wasteful and inconvenient. But is it entirely negative?
Why you shouldn’t follow your passion
It’s something we want to believe. But if work was meant to help you follow your passion, you wouldn’t have to be paid for it.
Why the cruel culture of coding is damaging society
When a former Google engineer’s ill-informed anti-diversity essay became news during the summer, it shone a light on problems with the the tech industry’s makeup. The diversity issue is the tip of the iceberg. A host of cultural problems face the tech scene.
Pastures new
After almost two years at SRUC (Scotland’s Rural College), I have decided to move on. The opportunity to work with the University of Edinburgh Website Programme was too good to ignore.
Reflections on IWMW16
My highlights from the the Institutional Web Management Workshop, the valuable annual conference for (mostly) higher education web managers.
Building a digital team (almost) from scratch – IWMW16 plenary session P6
I was delighted to be given the opportunity to speak to my colleagues last week at IWMW 2016, the Institutional Web Management Workshop. I spoke about my experience building new teams at the University of St Andrews and SRUC.
Reflections on six years of IWMW
A guest post about the Institutional Web Management Workshop.